Drip attachment for dispensing apparatus.



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GQW. BOYD.

DRIP ATTACHMENT FOR DISPENSING APPARATUS.

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GEORGE TV. BOYD, OF TVASIIINGTON, D ISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

DRIP ATTACHMENT FOR DISPENSING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,481, dated May 6, 1902.

Application filed April 3, 1901. Serial No, 54,148. No model.)

.T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. BOYD, a citizen of the United States, residing at NVashington, District of Columbia, have invented.

certain new and useful Improvements in Drip Attachments for Dispensing Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to liquid-dispensing apparatus, and has special reference to an improved drip attachment therefor comprising means for effectually catching all the drip.

from the draw-off faucet or cook when the latter is closed and not in use.

To this end the invention primarily contemplates a drip-catching device specially designed as an attachment for that type of liquiddispensing apparatus commonly known as soda-water fountains,and has in view improved means forcatching the usualdrip from the faucet when the valve or cock is closed. One of the objectionable features of a sodawater fountain is the sloppy condition about the various parts thereof occasioned by the unavoidable drippings from the nozzles of the faucets, which necessitates wiping and cleaning of the parts continually,besides making it difficult for the fountain to be manipulated with cleanliness to the clothing, lac. These objectionable features are eliminated by the present invention, which is arranged to 00- cupy a position for positively catching the drippings immediatelyupon the removal of the glass from beneath the nozzle of the faucet.

Another object of the invention is to provide a drip device or attachment which may.

be readily attached to and also detached from the faucet or draw-off cock of a soda-water fountain or other liquid-dispensing apparatus without at all interfering with the usual parts of the said fountain or apparatus, thus providing an attachment which is independent in its construction and operation from the apparatus to which it is applied.

A further object of the invention is to provide an attachment of the class referred to involving the employment of a drip-cup normally occupying a position directly beneath the nozzle of the faucet, while at the same time being capable of freely moving out of the way when a glass or other receptacle is placed beneath the faucet, and also capable of automatically returning to or resuming its normal position as the glass or receptacle is removed from beneath the nozzle of the faucet.

With these and many other objects in view, which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter 'more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

The essential features of the invention involving the detachable support and automatic return of the drip-cup are necessarily susceptible to considerable modification without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention; but the preferred embodiments of the attachment are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the drawoff faucet or cook of a soda-water fountain fitted with a drip attachment constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig.3 is asectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, showing more plainly. the laterally-movable self-returning holder for the drip-cup. Fig. 4 is a detail in perspective of the support for the drip-cup holder or carrier, showing the several elements constituting said support dis assembled. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional View showing the different positions the drip-cup carrier or holder may assume in moving the cup out of the way when the liquid is being drawn off through the faucet. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail sectional View showing more clearly the pivotal cam-joint connection between the carrier for the cup and the pivotbracket carried by the support. Fig. 7 is a detail in perspective of the drip-cup carrier or holder and pivot-bracket therefor, showing the several elements thereof disassembled. Fig. 8 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a modified form of the attachment, showing modifications of the drip-cup carrier or holder and the pivotal mounting thereof. Fig. 9 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 9 9 of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a detail in perspective of the modified form of drip-cup carrier or holder and the pivot-bracket therefor, showing the severalelements thereof disassembled. Fig.

11 is a detail in perspective of one of the sections of the carrying-arm disclosed in Figs. 9 and 10 and the springs associated therewith.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in each of the figures of the drawings.

In carrying out the invention the same is necessarily capable of general application to any type or style of faucet or draw-off appliance associated with a liquid-dispensing apparatus-such, for instance, as a soda-water fountain, in connection with which the invention is specially useful. Therefore the means of supporting the drip receptacle or cup is necessarily susceptible to a wide range of modification in adapting the device to different kinds of faucets or draw-off appliances, and also the particular form of carrier or holder for the drip-cup is also susceptible to divers modifications so long as the essential features of the invention are preserved namely, that of the automatic return of the drip-cup to a normal position and the ready detachability thereof for emptying and cleaning. The preferred constructions for carrying out these necessary functions are shown in the drawings and will now be particularly described.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 7,inelusive, of thedrawings the drip-cupis designated by the numeral 1, and the holder therefor is designated in its entirety by the numeral 2. The drip-cup may be made of any suitable material and in any suitable size or shape as, the particular requirements may demand; but a convenient construction for purposes of illustration is shown in the drawings, and consists of a drip-cup of a bowl-like shape and having a bottom stem portion 3, fitting Within a receiving ring or loop 4 at the outer end of the holder 2 for the cup. The said stem 3 may have a wedge fit within the loop 4: or otherwise held therein; but it will of course be understood that the invention contemplates any suitable connection between the drip cup or receptacle and its holder. In the construction now being described the holder 2 of the drip-cup consists of a laterally-swinging carrying-"arm 5, consisting of the separate arm-sections 6 and 7, respectively, said arms 6 and 7 being beveled reversely at their contiguous ends, as at 8, so as to, match and form a miter-joint, both of said arm-sections being exteriorly threaded to receive thereon a connecting-nut 9, which when screwed over both sections of thejoint thereof necessarily holds the same fastened together. By unscrewing the nut 9 from over the joint and turning the same back upon the inner arm-section the outer section 6 can be readily detached for emptying and cleaning.

To provide for the laterally-swinging movement of the carrying-arm 5, the same is provided at its inner extremity with a pivot-head 10, having an inclined or beveled face 11, turning upon the reVcrsely-inclined face 12 of the annular bearing shoulder or cam 13, formed at one end of a pivot-bracket 14, the other end of which bracket is provided with a loop 15, adjustably fitting over a supporting stem or standard 17, and held at the necessary point of adjustment thereon by means of the set or binding screw 18, mounted at one side of the loop and impinging upon the stem or standard 17. The bearing shoulder or head 13 at one end of the pivot-bracket has projected centrally therefroma pintle 19, fitting in the'opening 20, formed in the pivothead 10 of the carrying-arm 5, and above the said head 10 are arranged spring-washers 21, or their equivalent, held in place and under suflicient Working pressure by means ofa capplate 22, fitted to the upper side of the pivotbracket and extending over the pivotal joint for the carrying-arm.

The main support for the drip-cup and its holder may be of various forms, as already stated, but in the construction shown includes the upright stem or standard 17 and a pair of right-angularly related fastening-clips 23 and 24, respectively. Vhen a pair of the fastening-clips 23 and 24 are employed, the same are arranged to respectively clip upon the tubular stem 25 and the depending delivery-nozzle 26 of a faucet or draw-off appliance 27, as plainly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. The said clips 23 and 24. may necessarily be of any suitable construction, but are preferably of a U-shaped form,so as to fit over and embrace the portions of the faucets with which they engage, and are provided with spring split shanks 28, exteriorly threaded and receiving thereon the binding-nuts 29, which when screwed up toward the yokes of the clips provide for binding or pinching the same very firmly upon the faucet. The loosening of said nuts, however, permits of the clips being very readily slipped off the faucets.

The uppermost clip 23, engaging with the stem of the faucet, is disposed in substantial parallelism with the stem or standard 17, and has suitably connected with the shank thereof a laterally-offset collar 30, held by the clip 23, for adjustably receiving therein the upperend portion of the stem or standard 17, thus permitting the same to be raised or lowered to any necessary extent. The said other clip 24 also has suitably connected therewith a collar 31, slidably fitting upon the stem or standard 17 and held fast in a proper adjusted position by the set-screw 32, a similar screw 32 serving a similar function in connection with the collar 30.

With the parts positioned as described, and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the drip cup or receptacle 1 lies immediately beneath the nozzle 26 of the faucet. WVhen the operator desires to draw off soda or other liquid, the hand holding the glass may be pressed sidewise against the drip-cup 1, thus causing the same to move laterally from beneath the nozzle of the faucet. As the cup thus moves from beneath the faucet-nozzle the inclined face of the pivot-head 1O rides up upon the inclined face of the bearing shoulder or cam 13 at one side of the pintle 19, so that when the pressure of the operators hand is removed from the drip-cup, as in the act of taking away the glass, the carrying-arm 5 of the drip-cup supported thereby will automatically tend to gravitate to the original position, so as to carry the drip-cup beneath the faucet, and this movement is accelerated by the downward pressure of the washers or equivalent spring 21. The same action takes place when the drip-cup is moved to either side of the vertical plane of the faucet-nozzle.

One modification of the construction is shown in Figs. 8, 9, 10, and 11. In this modi fication the detachability of the drip-cup is effected by forming the carrying-arm 5 of telescoping sections 34 and 35, with the sleeve-section 34, equipped with a spring-latch 36,which permits of the sleeve-section which carries the cup being readily slipped on and off of the other section as the cup is removed or replaced. In the modification referred to the pivotal joint is also slightly changed, and instead of the inclined cam-faces a plain pivotal connection 37 is provided with returnsprings 38, arranged at opposite sides of the swinging carrying-arm to provide for automatically returning the same to a normal position.

Other modifications will readily suggest themselves, and it will be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

1. A drip attachment for faucets and the like comprising a support attached to the fancet, a bracket fitted upon the support, anda horizontal swinging holder carrying a dripreceptacle and pivotally connected with said bracket, said receptacle being arranged to move upright to a position at one side of the plane of the faucet-nozzle.

' 2. A drip attachment .for faucets and the like comprising a support, a swingingholder pivotally connected with said support, means for vertically adjusting said holder, a drip receptacle or cup carried by the holder, and yielding means for normally holding the drip receptacle or cup in vertical aiinement with the faucet-nozzle.

3. A drip-cup attachment for faucets and the like comprising a support, a verticallyadjustable bracket mounted-upon the support, a horizontally-swinging holder carrying a drip-receptacle and pivotally united to the bracket, and means located at the pivot for the holder for automatically returning it to a position beneath the faucet-nozzle after having been swung outside of the plane of said nozzle.

4. A drip attachment for faucets and the like, comprising a support attached tothe faucet, a swinging holder carried by said support, and a drip receptacle or cup carried by said holder and arranged to move upright to a position at one side of the plane of the faucet-nozzle.

5. A drip attachment for faucets and the like, comprising a support, a pivot-bracket mounted upon said support, and having an inclined bearing shoulder or cam, and a laterally-swinging holder consisting of an arm carrying a drip-receptacle andprovidedwith a pivot-head having an inclined face cooper.

ating with said bearing shoulder or cam.

6. A drip attachment for faucets and the' to move upright to a position at one side of.

the plane of the faucet.

8. A drip attachment for faucets and the like, the same comprising a'support consist ing of a stem or standard, a drip-receptacle carried by said support, and-arranged to move upright to a position at one side ofthe plane of the faucet-nozzle, and a fastening-clip or clips carried by the supportandadapted to engage with the faucet.

9. A drip attachment for faucets ing of a standard,-the drip-receptacle, and separate right angularly-related fastening clips having adjustable connection withthe standard and adaptedto respectively engage the stem and delivery-nozzle of the faucet.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W.BOYD.' Witnesses:

HENRY E. COOPER, R. W. F. OGILVIE.

andthe like, the same comprising a support consist-1 too 

